Reel It In

Bowling was amazing. I had a great time with some great people and nearly bowled a turkey! Next time, I just might land that third strike in-a-row!

Half-turkey aside, my favorite part of the night was when I leaned against the wall and noticed that my back wasn’t floating into outter-space. YES! Both ends of my body can touch flat surfaces in perfect harmony!

My second favorite part was standing with my arms by my side without having to bend and ‘rest’ them on my love-handles. GREATNESS IN A CAN!

I also sort of liked sitting six inches from Korey as he ate a BBQ chicken pizza and six inches from Janice and Josh who ate buffalo chicken smothered in blue cheese — two of my favorite foods. I liked that I was content with my newfangled routine. I liked that I was able to accept the fact that other people have their own. I liked that I didn’t feel deprived and that my stomach didn’t rumble my brain into temptation.

I liked that I didn’t have anxiety about going out. I liked that I enjoyed myself for every minute of the night rather than just enjoying myself for those ten minutes I stuffed my face with food.

I wasn’t planning on working out when I got home, but I ended up hitting the elliptical for thirty minutes after Supernatural. I’m glad I did because it didn’t dawn on me until I was half-way to busting a lung that I won’t be able to workout tomorrow due to the Andrew Bird concert. I know two days off won’t hurt me, but I feel so much better when I am using my body rather than just inhabiting it.

It felt good.

I posted some RDA ‘goals’ in my last entry and failed to mention that I haven’t been trying to hit each and every one of those numbers even though I have added them to my FitDay account.  Let’s face it, that would be clinically insane!!

Instead, I glance over the numbers after entering my last morsel of food to see where I may or may not have hit the jackpot for the day. It is shocking to see that I’m inadvertently hitting 80% of the recommended allowances except when it comes to sodium (over the RDA) and fiber (under the RDA).

It’s not a huge deal, but I like knowing where I am at so that I can try to make better choices using this data.  I know that too much sodium won’t kill me, but I’d like to bring that number down over the next few months.

I realize that I probably sound like some lunatic sitting in a corner with drool running from my mouth as I mutter numbers like the Rain Man, but it’s not like that! There is strength in knowledge and I am enjoying the new information I am being exposed to. I take everything I read, hear, or see about ‘diet’ and ‘exercise’ with a grain of salt. It keeps me sane in the midst of all the contradictions.

What it boils down to is simple: I like knowing why I should be cooking more and eating fewer foods from a box because it’s easy for me to shrug such information off as ‘hearsay’ or (my personal favorite) ‘bullshit’.

I’m just trying to take the mystery out of this process.  I’m reeling it back to earth!

Yep.

I guess you could say I’m keeping it ‘reel’.